Event

Saluting Veterans

Join us on November 8th as we dig in to a topic we feel passionately about: Supporting our veterans.

Rosecrance experts and special guests with lived experience will spend the day advocating for veterans who are in need of behavioral healthcare by discussing barriers to access and ways to overcome them.

Throughout the day, information will be presented on trauma-treatment-specific services, insight into the connection and relationship between co-occurring disorders, and how Rosecrances Resilience services have been tailored to meet the needs of veterans.

Additionally, attendees can expect to learn about the difficulties veterans encounter when seeking behavioral health services, programs designed with veterans in mind, what can be done to eliminate barriers to access, and how we can help in that process.

Those attending will be provided a continental breakfast with coffee from Firehouse Coffee and a complimentary lunch from Mission BBQ and a complimentary copy of "Faith, Family, & Flag: Memoirs of an unlikely American Samurai Crusader" by Maj. Gen. Mukoyama.

Rosecrance experts include:
Carlene Cardosi - Chief of Clinical OPerations & Regional President of Rosecrance Illinois
Christopher Druce-Jones - Director of Chaplaincy
Diana Rudeen - Addiction Counselor
Craig Stallings - Regional Vice President of Operations
Leah Scanlan - Regional Director of Behavioral Health Clinics
Craig Riehle - Director of Admissions
Jeb O'Rear - VA Housing Case Manager
Col. (Retired) David Draeger - Veterans Navigator and Case Manager
Col. (Retired) Daniel Baggio - Director of Military and Veterans Advocacy Program

Special guests include:
Maj. Gen. (Retired) James Mukoyama - Chairman & CEO, Military Outreach USA
Brig. Gen. (Retired) Mark G. Alessia - Director of J-9 Resiliency (Former Director of the Joint Staff), National Guard
Sgt. Garrett Anderson - Outreach Coordinator and Student Recruiter; Chez Veterans Center, University of Illinois
Chaplain/Maj. (Retired) Robert Geaschel - Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Burr Ridge